good morning. it is tuesday, february 26 2013. welcome to "cbs this morning." forecasters call it crippling and historic inside the blizzard slamming the midwest. plus why conservatives may be snubbing governor chris christie. and john kerry says americans are v a-- americans have a right to be stupid. his first overseas trip as secretary of state. can wine and olive oil stop heart disease? what you should know about the diet study making headlines. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. measure this -- we lost my

stick. that's three feet deep. >> another brutal wirntd blast buries the heartland. >> wreaking havoc up into the plains states. hurricane-force winds brought travel to a halt. >> the second powerful winter storm in a week continues to dump snow and knock out power. >> it may be worse than the last one. >> congress has until friday to hammer out an agreement to avoid the so-called sequester, a series of sweeping federal spending cuts. >> it looks like we can't defend america, our allies are going to be uncertain and our enemies are going to be on steroids. >> hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to prime care and preventive care like flu vaccinations. [ beep ] an explosion rocks a hot air balloon in egypt -- >> a couple disappears in peru. back in december. family members fear the couple has been kidnapped. >> i just want somebody to find

my sister. >> the dow posting its worse loss of 2013 on worries that italy could spark another debt crisis. >> free speech of speech. in america you have a right to be stupid if you want to be. >> all that -- >> here's the guy so many of us have wanted to be when things don't go right at the airport. this all happened in china. he actually is a high-level government official. >> living la vida loca. [ cheers ] >> and all that matters -- >> the horse meat scandal has snared furniture giant ikea. ikea says the meatballs in the states are safe. >> makes you want to stop taking your family to dinner at a furniture store. >> on "cbs this morning." >> mrs. obama give it to the most american movie, "zero dark thirty," wouldn't want to honor the movie that showed the killing of osama bin laden. her husband wants all the credit for that. captioning funded by cbs

welcome to "cbs this morning." for the second time in a week a giant winter storm is hammering the country. it's marching across missouri on its way to the east coast. it's already shutting down highways airports and schools in texas, oklahoma, and kansas. >> now the storm is blamed for at least two deaths. emily rittman from our kansas city affiliate kctc, is in overland park, kansas. good morning. >> reporter: many people are already digging out of last week's snowstorm where a foot and a half of snow fell. and they are expecting much more today. they could see another foot here in kansas. the latest winter storm is unleashing blizzard conditions from texas to oklahoma and kansas. a system so powerful you can literally hear its fury. this was amarillo texas, monday where howling winds whipped around more than a foot and a half of snow creating five-foot snow drift in some areas. >> we're going to step outside

and let you see what it's like so far. ooh. >> reporter: the storm knocked out power to thousands in texas and oklahoma and brought traffic to a standstill closing miles of interstates and highways across the southwest. on some road, strong winds and driving snow reduced visibility to near zero. emergency crews focused on locating and rescuing stranded drivers while in some spots motorists abandoned their cars altogether. by monday afternoon, the system had moved into kansas which had barely finished digging out from last week's storm. >> the last storm -- i hadn't seen anything like it since i was a kid. if it's going to be anything like that, there's no need to be out here. >> reporter: at kansas city national airport, crews worked to de-ice planes. still many flights were canceled as the blizzard continued battering the state overnight. >> we're very concerned about the storm. we believe it may be worse than the last one.

and in portions of our state, it will be worse than the last one. >> reporter: because snow is expected to fall throughout most of the day officials are urging people to stay off the roads. even if they did decide to get out, most places are closed including businesses, schools, and government offices. for "cbs this morning," emily rittman, overland park kansas. let's check in with meteorologist jeff berardelli of our cbs station woor. where is the storm heading? >> part of the storm is moving into the great lakes. the other part is moving into sonoran and central florida now. i want to show the map. a tornado watch issued for central and northern parts of florida. that means isolated tornadoes are possible and wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour or so. if you're in and around the tampa area orlando, through jacksonville, watch out. some pretty big storms are headed your way. and as we head further north now into the northern side or cold side of the storm, you see how

heavy the snow is now. kansas city, snowfall rates about two inches an hour. heavy snow in job lynn. that's all headed toward the northeast during the day today. we expect significant snowfall totals in the area. in fact, as we look at the map you see the purple areas. that's where we expect to see another about foot of snow on top of what we have already. in chicago, probably in general around six inches of snowfall. the good news for the major cities of the northeast, shouldn't be a big deal. it's mostly rain. north and west of there, to upstate new york and the mountains of vermont and new hampshire, we could see up to about a foot of snowfall. the moral of the story is tough traveling today and tough traveling tomorrow. >> jeff thanks. there are just three days left before huge automatic spending cuts hit the nation. a new pew research poll shows more than six out of ten americans think the cuts will have a negative effect on the economy. >> if they come, nearly half of those surveyed say they will blame republicans. just over 1/3 will hold president obama responsible. bill plante is at the white house.

bill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nora. the president has been blaming republicans. they call it scare mongering. his aides say that he's just warning the country about what could happen if congress doesn't stop the automatic budget cuts scheduled for the end of the week. the white house stepped up its campaign to pressure republicans, enlisting the secretary of homeland security to suggest that layoffs could make it more difficult to prevent terrorist attacks. >> i don't think we can maintain the same level of security at all places around the country with sequester as without sequester. >> reporter: if the $85 billion in across-the-board cuts known in washington as the sequester takes effect on friday, federal agencies will be forced to make tough choices, laying off some workers and putting others on involuntary leave. ♪ >> reporter: the military will be hit the hardest. they must slash $46 billion in spending. at the white house monday, mr. obama painted a bleak picture of the impact to the nation's

governors. >> companies are preparing layoff notices. families are preparing to cuts back on expenses. and the longer these cuts are in place, the bigger the impact will become. >> reporter: in order to prevent the cuts the president and democrats want to replace them by closing tax loopholes and targeting the spending cuts. but house speaker john boehner and republicans say they're finished raising taxes. >> the president says we have to have another tax increase to avoid the sequester. mr. president, you got your tax increase. it's time to cut spending here in washington. >> reporter: skeptical republican governors accuse the president of exaggerating. >> the reality is he's been engaged in almost nonstop campaigning, trying to scare the american people. >> reporter: now the president's pressure campaign on republicans will continue today. he's heading to newport news the nation's largest naval base, where layoff warnings have already gone out to hundreds of shipyard workers on. another front, though, there may

be a little bit of a sign of progress. the president is also meeting today with senators mccain and graham to talk about immigration. some sign of progress underway. nora, charlie? >> bill plante thank you. washington state congresswoman kathy mcmorris rodgers is the highest ranking republican woman in the house. she joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> so given the lack of negotiations, i have to ask this question -- do republicans, would they rather have the sequester than any deal that raises taxes? >> we are very concerned about the impact of the sequester. this was president obama's idea back when we were negotiating raising the debt ceiling. the across-the-board cuts that disproportionately affect the military. the republicans almost 300 days ago put forward our plan to replace these cuts with smarter reforms, smarter cuts. there's a better way to do it. what we need is for the

president to get off the campaign trail, quit talking about raising taxes, and actually deliver on his promise to cut spending. we're talking $85 billion. >> congresswoman, you say the president's got to stop campaigning and start negotiating. but if you look at the latest polls, it appears it's working. the public is going to blame your party, republicans. >> well, these cuts were the president's idea. we are very concerned about the impact that they're going to have. we hope as we move forward that the president will come back to washington, d.c., sit down with the senate democrats urge them to come up with a plan to show that there is a better way to implement these cuts. $85 billion out of a $4.2 trillion budget. it can be done. but there's a smarter, better way to do it. >> what's the smarter, better way other than raising revenue? >> well the president got revenue increases on january 1. over $600 billion. the republicans have put forward two bills. we've passed legislation twice

to show a smarter way -- >> congresswoman let me ask one specific question. do you believe that the president when he points out the impact of the sequester is either using scare tactics or misleading the american public? >> well, we won't know that answer until march 1. but this was the president's -- >> but you know what the president's saying -- >> across the board cuts -- >> you're aware of what he's saying because he's gone across the country to say it. it seems to be working as nora pointed out, because the president looks like the american people in polls support the idea that if the sequester happens, the republicans will be blamed. >> well, america also knows that we have a spending problem. that washington, d.c., has a spending problem. every year we're spending more than we bring in. and it never seems to be the right time to cut the spending. president obama made a promise as a part of this big compromise to raise the debt ceiling. he made a promise that we were going to cut spending. it seems like it's never -- we

never get to the place of cutting spending. >> some people point out that it looks like the republicans have changed their position, that in the beginning they talk about how bad the sequester would be but now they're saying okay if we don't get revenue, it's okay to have the sequester. that's a better and new policy. >> no. we are -- we're very concerned about the sequester. there's a better way to find the spending cuts the reforms. we've spent $2.2 billion on a free cell phone program. just in 2013. president obama has spent over $50 million promoting obama care hiring a public relations firm to promote obama care. there is a smarter way to find the savings, reduce spending in the federal government than the president's sequester. these across-the-board cuts. and what we need we've known for nearly two years this day was coming, we need the president, we need the senate domes sit down and put together that plan to move forward. the republicans have put forward a plan cathy mcmorris

rodgers, thank you. >> more on tonight's interview on cbs evening news. secretary of state john kerry is already making news. in germany he talked to students about his adventures as the 12-year-old son of a diplomat in post-war berlin. he urged young students to be tolerate of all points of view even if they are unpopular or offensive and said this about the united states -- >> in america, you have a right to be stupid. [ laughter ] >> if you want to be. and you have a right to be disconnected to somebody else if you want to be. we tolerate it. we somehow make it through that. >> now kerry heads to paris tomorrow for a meeting on the crisis in syria. kerry said monday the u.s. is determined not to leave syrian rebels "dangling in the wind." when pope benedict officials steps down thursday he'll take

on a new title. the vatican announced this morning benedict will be called emeritus pope and will continue to wear white. 115 cardinals are expected to vote for his successor. britain's highest ranking catholic leader will not be taking part. in one of his final acts, the pope changed the rules of the meeting. allen pizzey is in vatican city. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the newest guessing game here is how soon the conclave will begin. by both law and tradition, the cardinals can't talk openly about it until one day after benedict officially leaves office. the cardinals want to get on with the job of choosing a new pope as soon as possible according to a well-placed vatican source. a major issue plaguing them will be the sex abuse scandals. but they must be dealt with in the view of cardinal james stafford, who is too old to vote in the conclave. >> if it mean to be despised which many of us it does mean then we accept that. >> reporter: you also have to

overcome that if you want to get people back in the church. you have to rebuild the image as it were. >> we rebuild the image by accepting the reality that we're living in. and not being angry. and not being defensive. >> reporter: how it affects the choice of a new pope will never be known. the penalty for anyone involved in the conclave who breaks the oath of secrecy including technician s technicians used to be by the pope. it was issued almost at the same time as that cardinal keith o'brien took the unprecedented step of refusing himself from the concave. the first in the role over the sex abuse scandals. he stepped out of the voting so as to not have the focus on the issue rather than on the business of choosing the new pope. and there are plenty of other challenges for the conclave according to john sovos, author of "the vatican diaries."

>> i think it will be an issue when the cardinals meet. i'm sure that now that the sexual episodes have been sort of thrown to the mix, i think they're going to be looking at that, as well. >> reporter: those who have been in the conclave say they have a deep sense of responsibility and pray for divine guidance. something they'll need more than ever this time. charlie, nora? >> allen pizzey, thank you. a hot air balloon crash in egypt has killed at least 18 tourists. an explosion in a gas canister caused the balloon to crash in luxor. the victims included tourists from france, britain, and hong kong. >> we heard a large explosion behind us. and i looked back and saw lots of smoke. it wasn't immediately clear it was a balloon. we were surrounded by the balloons that had been flying with us. then we could see the reaction of the pilot on the balloon. he said this hasn't happened in a long time. >> three people who survive read in the hospital.

furniture chain ikea is the latest to become involved in the horse meat scandal. the swedish company pulled meatballs off the shelves in europe. it does not include meatballs sold at its american stores. we look at the widening investigation. >> reporter: it looks like business as usual. ikea customers still shopping for just about everything at more than 100 stores across europe. except, that is, for meatballs. fresh or frozen they were one of the company's signature products. but ikea pulled them off the shelves after inspectors in the czech republic discovered traces of horse meat in them. >> we take, of course this very, very seriously. >> reporter: the meatballs are no longer available in more than 20 european countries which were supplied from a main factory in sweden. in the u.s. and canada though ikea meatballs are still on sale because they come from a separate local supply chain. >> we haven't had horse

slaughter in the united states since 2007. so it's unlikely that there's a lot of horse meat floating around. >> reporter: the wider horse meat scandal erupted last month when irish food inspectors found horse dna in meat labeled as beef. since then horse meat's been detected in a whole range of products. and thousands of packages of processed food across europe have been recalled. it'ssed serious questions about criminal fraud in the meat processing business and about food inspectors and regulators who failed apparently for years to detect what was going on. even though technology should have made their jobs more precise. >> dna technology has changed the game on this one. it's now possible to go in and do species-specific testing. >> reporter: while it's still unclear how horse meat got into ikea ikea's meatballs or any of the other products, it does seem certain that meat inspection is about to become more rigorous in

europe and that prices are almost certainly going to go up. for "cbs this morning," elizabeth palmer london. it is time to show some of the morning's headlines from around the globe. britain's "daily mail" says eating a mediterranean-style diet can cut the risk of heart attacks and stroke by as much as 30%. eat plenty of fish vegetables and nuts. they also enjoy olive oil and wine. we'll talk about the findings with dr. roney in a few minutes. "the new york times" says dozens of prominent republicans are endorsing gay marriage calling it constitutional. their legal brief is part of the supreme court lawsuit seeking to strike down california's ban on same-sex marriage. new york's "daily news" looks at macy's lawsuit against martha stewart company. the ceo testified monday he hung up on stewart more than a year ago and has not spoken to her since. that came after stewart called to tell him she struck a deal with jcpenney. macy's says stewart is violating an scloefb contract.

the "wall street journal" says the results of italy's election could shake financial markets. the lack of a clear winner sent european markets down about 2% good morning light traffic on pratt street right now. we'll be touching base with sharon gibala here in a few minutes, get an overall look at traffic this tuesday morning commute. it at least is a dry, drive to school and work. it's not going to be later. we're going to have a bunch of rain come our way. in central maryland we have a flash flood watch in effect for an inch of rain

republican governor chris cysty is considered a front-runner in 2016. sources say he won't be invited to a major republican gathering. we look at whether this is a good or bad thing. new trouble at america's most contaminated nuclear site. underground tanks are leaking more radioactive waste. >> 1/3 of these tanks have failed already, 1/3. they've leaked a million gallons. there's more to come. >> we'll ask a professor about the danger and why he calls it a scandal on "cbs this morning."

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another gray february day, but soon to be a wet one. sharon's watching the rush. martty's over at first warning weather. an inch of rain is coming our way and figure it is going to start around noon and go to midnight steady with lingering showers overnight. right now we're in the upper 20s. by the time that moisture hits, 46 and we stay above 40 through the overnight. here's sharon gibala in traffic control. good morning everyone. getting a little busier on this morning's commute. we have picked up our first accidents of the morning, one of them on 895 northbound. that one just approaching poetry street. the second at glen oak liberty

road. if you're headed on the beltway, speeds in the upper 30s on the west side of the beltway. on the outer loop topside down to 50, 95 southbound a bit slow between the beltway and the tunnel. that's a live look at the west side of the beltway. that's the outer loop to the right at i-70. that's a look at the topside. this is brought to you by the baltimore area hyundai dealer. back over to you. the teenager who opened fire inside perry hall high school is sentenced to 35 years in prison. robert gladden pleaded guilty to one count of attempted first degree murder in the shooting of daniel borowy. he admits he'd been plotting the attack finish months. thousands rally in annapolis in support of baltimore city school. mike schuh is live with the latest on this. >> reporter: good morning don. good morning everyone. up to 3,000 people from baltimore travel to annapolis to demand from the lawmakers that they better fund baltimore city schools. the rally was in support of a

yet unfund unfunded multibillion dollars plan for the 65 most dilapidated schools. the problem was brought to the attention of lawmakers. though the governor likes the concept he's not thrown his support blind the plan. the rally was one of the largest at the capital so far this year. police have identified the two people found shot to at the time death in a burning car. 33-year-old alysia strickland and 34 year taewon tuck were found early friday morning. police say both had been shot in the head and strickland was a graduate student. the maryland stadium authority has banned smoking. the ban prohibit smoking within 25 feet of any entry. the orioles are and ravens are working out a plan that would allow fans to leave the stadium to smoke and reenter. stay with wjz maryland's news

station. up next the latest on new jersey's governor chris christie and why he was not invited to t

we like to call this a lesson on how not to behave. there is a chinese official who really lost his cool after his family missed two flights. they did arrive in time for their first flight but spent too much time eating breakfast. they were rebooked for an afternoon takeoff, but they missed that one, too. that's when this guy went crazy. he's been relieved of his duties at a factory. welcome back to "cbs this morning." boy, that's new airport rage. >> haven't seen anything like that. >> now you have. sea pack is a political conference that is concern for some testing the presidential waters. >> this year some of the prominent names in the gop is

not on the list. elaine quijano shows more. >> reporter: speaking at the event is a who's who was leadership including early favorites for the 2016 republican presidential nomination. one frequently mentioned front-runner won't be there. new jersey governor chris christie, the popular politician known for his quick wit and blunt style. >> i don't do that. >> reporter: has not yet been invited even though he was a featured speaker at last year's event. in today's political landscape, starkly divided along party lines, he's angered some conservatives who see him as too cozy with democrats. >> new jersey governor chris christie has decided to play the role of a greek column today for president obama. >> reporter: when superstorm sandy devastated new jersey's coastline, christie praised the president's quick response only days before the election. >> i cannot thank the president enough for his personal concern

and compassion for our state and for the people of our state. >> reporter: in january, christie blasted the republican-controlled congress charging it with gop leaders who were tying up relief funds. >> 66 days and counting. shame on you. shame on congress. >> reporter: after the newtown school shooting, he took on another conservative sacred cow -- the nra. when the gun lobby ran this ad -- >> are the president's kids more important than yours? >> reporter: christie defended mr. obama, calling the attack reprehensible. and on sunday night, christie once again incited his party's conservatives when he was photographed sitting next to first lady michelle obama at the governor's ball. even as 74% -- even a 74% approval rating may not be be enough to get him invited to cpac's party. political director john dickerson is in washington. good morning. tell me what this is about. >> good morning, charlie.

well, it's -- it's heartburn about christie and his cozying up to the president. but it seems a little bit inside baseball. because the conservative movement and the republican party are going to a redefining period inside baseball can sometimes be interesting. little decisions end up meaning a lot when we get around a presidential race. one of the things that republicans and conservatives are wrestling is do they dispel sinners and heretics, what chris christie christie christiemight be here, or change the way and bring in more people. christie is quite popular, you can imagine supporting him because he reaches tout a lot of people. >> and has rich republicans that support him as they showed when they tried to get him to run in 2012. >> he does have a lot of rich republicans. but conservatives who go to cpac, money's not important. principle is important. conservatives want to stick to principle. the republican party has different imperatives. has to get people elected.

it bends on principle and gets into the messy politics part. at cpac they try and deal just with principle. >> i think it's interesting that christie isn't the only governor out there that has problems with cpac and the group of conservatives, right? >> this might be the most interesting thing. the governor of virginia bob mcdonnell supported tax increases in the state which is what you would do to tick off conservatives. some are talking about disinviting him from cpac. he's being called out by the "wall street journal" editorial page. he's testing the idea of what it means to be a conservative. >> john, the white house denied that access to president obama is for sale. does that argument wash given the new organization that his campaign team has set up that takes large donations and offers meetings with the president? the. >> the argument doesn't wash at all. organizing for action is a conduit to get the president's agenda passed. the white house -- the president and his aides think only through

outside pressure can you get the agenda passed. if you give to this organization, you're helping the president pass his agenda. the important thing is not necessarily a meeting with president obama. presidents don't usually change their mind based on whispers from a fat cat. what you get is you get access at the lower level where real decisions are made. if you want to get into a club you want to know the guy working the back door. you don't necessarily need a meeting with the owner. what this does is this gets you the name of the guy at the back door. and that's one of the things that candidate obama campaigned against in 2008. >> i never understood it that way, john. thank you very much. >> the back door seemed to irs resonate with charlotteie. thank you. now to an interesting story we're following. the hanford nuclear reservation in washington state. it is called the most contaminated nuclear site in the country. for decades, the federal government has been struggling to clean it up. but now we are learning of new

underground leaks of radioactive wasted. carter evans shows us why time is the enemy. >> reporter: the bomb that brought an end to world war ii was built with plutonium that was produced at the hanford nuclear reservation in southeastern washington state. in the years that followed, hanford has become the nation's nuclear dumping ground. a final resting place for 56 million gallons of radioactive sludge encased in 177 underground storage tanks. >> 1/3 have failed already, 1/3. they've leaked a million gallons. there's more to come. >> reporter: last week washington's governor confirmed six tanks are actively leaking again. >> washington state has a zero tolerance policy on radioactive leaks. >> reporter: but the federal government has already spent billions of dollars and decades attempting to clean up the site. our cameras were not allowed on the property. this is an above-ground replica of the tanks that are leaking. they were designed with a single

layer of steel for a maximum life span of 20 years. but the first tanks were built back in the 1940s. >> they lost their integrity, engineer design life, around the time that we sent a man to the moon in the 1960s. >> reporter: while governor insley says the current leaks pose no immediate risk to the public, the cleanup goes on. it's estimated it will take at least 40 years at a cost of more than $1 hulg00 million. for cbs news carter evans. >> onemichio kaku is a physics professor at the university of new york. welcome. >> glad to be on. >> how big a deal are the leaks and how do you define the problem? >> it is scandalous. we are 68 years into the atomic age. we're leaking nuclear waste daytiming all the way back to the nagasaki bomb.

outside of russia that makes for the most contaminated nuclear site on the planet. >> wow. >> at the time of sequester, taxpayers spend $2 billion per year just maintaining the cleanup operation. then it was revealed that hundreds of gallons of high-level toxic waste have been leaking over the last several years right into the ground. eventually into the ground water and maybe the columbia river. >> you say the most contaminated site in the world behind places in russia. who's at risk? >> we have to realize that nuclear waste is a toxic witch's brew of chemicals, the most dangerous known to science. plutonium, enriched uranium, nitric acid solvents all mixed in a liquid vat. and we have 56 million gallons worth of this toxic stuff. to get this into perspective, to get your head around this imagine 80 olympic-sized swimming pools containing the most toxic substance known to science of which two olympic-size swimming pools have

leaked right into the ground and eventually into the water table and, perhaps, even into people's drinking water. >> what are you going to do? >> well we have to immediately realize that this a major emergency problem. the government promised ten years ago that it's under control. now we realize it's not. they have to take the waste, put it into new vats that are double, triple lined. they have to drill to assess how far the waste is. and it's a ticking time bomb. in 15 50 years, we don't know when, it's going to hit the ground table. when it hits the ground table it will go right into the columbia river. and remember that's one of the major rivers in the entire pacific northwest. >> professor kaku again here with good news. last week it was the asteroids now leaking nuclear material -- >> this is scary. >> very scary. >> this is the league see of the cold war. russia -- legacy of the cold war. russia and the united states. we both have black eyes when it comes to handling nuclear waste. >> that's why we wanted to do

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they compared to another diet where they asked people to lower their fat intake they didn't do a very good job of it. it's not a low-fat diet versus the mediterranean diet. it's eastern the western diet versus the mediterranean diet. >> how do you use olive oil? >> they used it for cooking or on salads. they didn't dip bread into the oil. >> how much wine? >> one glass a day. they encouraged people to have a glass of wine a day. >> can i talk about what this means? for people saying, wow, this sounds good i want to change my behavior, what is the diet about? how many fruits, vegetables to eat every week how often to eat fish? >> at least two servings of vegetables, three fruits a day, they encourage four tablespoons of olive oil. that's a lot. about a quarter of your calories. eating nuts. fish three times a week. these changes can reduce the risk of heart disease. in the past we thought only a very low-fat diet could do that. >> not just fish three times a week but legumes, beans, lentils

three times a week. >> that's right. and a glass of wine a day. did you interrupt the study? i mean, you were conducting the study and the results were so good, you felt you had to get out before you completed the study? >> the study was interrupted because the results were so good. the people monitoring the study said we can't continue. >> doctor, great to see you. great information. good morning. we have a pretty gray start to this day. it's going to be wet in about four hours, noon through midnight we are indeed going to have a pretty big slug of moisture pivot into the area. it's just going to be rain here. western maryland, garrett county especially is going to see snow. wintery mix washington, alleghany county. here temperatures telecommuting is a dream come true for people who want to make a living from home. now a tech giant is telling its

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now 4 minutes before 8:00. even the water looks a little gray today. sharon's watching the streets. that's june just an algae bloom. moisture is marching our way. it's going to be here by noon, as will milder temperatures. 31 now, 46 going to be your high with rain and heavy at times through the afternoon. flood watch will go into effect around then. here's sharon gibala with traffic control. good morning everyone delays are already here, 95 because of an accident in the northbound direction. speeds on the beltway in the 30s on the top and the west west sides of the beltway. 95 southbound, there's a look at 895 slow because of that

accident. the west side of the beltway, typical delays there. this traffic is brought by the baltimore boat show february 28 february 28th through march 3 march 3rd at the baltimore convention store. get ticket asks details at baltimoreboatshow.com. a big push in annapolis to rebuild baltimore city schools. mike schuh has the story. >> reporter: good morning everyone. up to 3,000 people from baltimore gathered in annapolis last night to demand the legislature better fund schools. the a rally is in support of a multibillion dollars reconstruction plan for the 65 most dilapidated city schools led by the mayor. the reality of the problem was brought to the attention of lawmakers. the governor has not thrown his support behind the plan. his lieutenant governor spoke at the rally. the rally was among the largest in the capital so far this year i'm mike schuh reporting

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good morning to you. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." people in the plains are digging out this hour from a double dose of heavy snow. we'll check on the newest big storm moving toward the great lakes. and yahoo!'s ceo tells floemps come backk -- tells employees to come back to the office. does that mean trouble for everybody else working from home? first, today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> many people are already digging out of last week's snowstorm. they are expecting much more today. >> for the second time in a week, a giant winter storm is hammering the middle of the country. it's already shutting down highways, airports and schools in texas oklahoma, and kansas.

>> the moral of the story is tough traveling today and tough traveling tomorrow. >> the president has been blaming republicans. they call it scare mongering. >> there are just three days left before huge automatic spending cuts hit the nation. >> what we need is for the president to get off the campaign trail,quitted talk-- trail quit talking about raising taxes and dloifr hiseliver on his promise to cut spending. >> a hot air balloon exploded in luxor. >> the newest guessing game is how soon the conclave will begin. >> one of the things conservatives and republicans are wrestling with is do they expel sinners and heretics which is what christie might be here. >> the hanford nuclear reservation in washington state. it is called the most contaminated nuclear site in the country. >> it is scandalous. the government promised us ten years ago that it's under control. now we realize that it's not. >> again here with good news. >> ikea is the latest to become involved in europe's horse meat

scandal. the swedish company has pulled its popular meatballs off the shelves across europe. >> do you know what they call a 3:00 meal in england now? the trifecta. >> today's "eye opener" at 8:00 is presented by -- captioning funded by cbs two blizzards in a week is tough nature any-- tough for any see it handle. if you're not used to that kind of snow, it's devastating. >> it latest storm dumped 17 inches of snow on amarillo, texas. there were hurricane-force winds. parts of kansas and oklahoma seeing more than a foot of snow. it's still coming down this hour. emily rittman of our affiliate, kctv, is in nearby overland park. >> reporter: texas oklahoma and kansas are being buried under an unrelenting blizzard. monday in amarillo texas, high winds piled 18 inches of falling snow into some snow, feet five.

thousands are without power across the southwest. traffic came to a virtual standstill as miles of interstates and highways were shut down. strong winds and driving snow caused whiteout conditions making it all but impossible for traffic to move. first responders were out in force locating and rescuing stranded drivers. while other motorists abandoned their cars in the middle of the road. late monday, the system crossed the border into kansas dumping more than a foot of snow in areas already hard hit by last week's storm. crews at kansas city's national airport tried to de-ice the planes, but many flights are canceled because of this thick and heavy snow. >> we'll go to meteorologist jeff berardelli of wfor. what's the update? >> this is a huge storm. it's affecting a big part of the country. it's going to cause a lot of travel headaches during the day. i've been speaking to meteorologists in amarillo texas. they are amazed at the power of

the system. the latest snowfall total up to 19 inches in amarillo. the storm is now moving out of the area. they have had wind gusts of 75 miles per hour. that's impressive for any blizzard. you can see the size and scope of this system. it's got a cold side. also has a warm and unstable side. because of that the national weather service has issued a tornado watch in effect from northern and central parts of florida. that means tampa, some big storms knocking on your door now. those will move across the i-4 corridor to orlando, as well. watch out for isolated tornadoes from there all the way through northern florida. and also toward the south carolina coastline. and right now we're talking extremely heavy snow in kansas city at around two inches per hour or so. snow totals there added on top of what we have right now, probably another 6 to 12 inches there. eventually that moves to chicago. in chicago, we could see about a half a foot. so the bottom line here is big travel impacts for the next couple of days especially today. >> jeff thank you. and pope benedict officially

leaves the papacy on thursday. we're learning new details about his life in retirement. the cardinals who will choose his successor are gathering in vatican city. allen pizzey is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at least two conundrums of dealing with an ex-pope have been resolved. after he leaves office benedict will be known as pope emeritus and will continue to wear the white robe. he will give up the red shoes for brown loafers, handcrafted for him in mexico. he's left behind a new gift for cardinals. he's issued an edict that changes the way people are punished in if they break the conclave rule of secrecy. previously the new pope decided the punishment. under benedict's law, the penalty will be excommunication. that applies to cardinals down to the house maids and other assistants who look after them during the conclave. he also lets the so-called princes of the church gather in conclave previously than the previously mandated 15 days

after the end of the papacy. there's still no clear idea as to when that will actually be because by both tradition and law, the cardinals are forbidden to talk about it and openly at least until one day after benedict leaves office. in the meantime they're meeting congregations to discuss what issue they think are most important for the new papacy. and high on that agenda we know will be the sexual abuse case. charlie, nor agaleanora, gayle? the ceo of macy's said he was blind sided by martha stewart's decision to sell goods at jcpenney stores. yesterday the company insisted it has an exclusive deal with stewart. he said in court "i was completely shocked and blown away from what she was saying to me. it was so far from anything i could imagine." lundgren testified he finally hung up on stewart and they have not spoken since the day after the phone call. jcpenney announced it would buy 16% of stewart's company.

millions of women take calcium supplements to prevent broken bones. now a top government advisory panel says healthy post menopausal women shouldn't bother. the u.s. preventive services task force says low or moderate doses of calcium or vitamin d are not preventing bone fractures. and the report says they might increase the risk of kidney stones. >> dr. c. everett koop, the most influential and recognizable surgeon general in history died. he was appointed in 1981. with eight years in office, he led a successful anti-smoking campaign. he was also the first major public official to treatedates as a potential -- treat aids as a potential threat to all americans. dr. c. everett koop was 94. 20 years ago in new york city, terrorists made their first attempt to bring down the world trade center. they set off a truck bomb in a parking garage below the twin towers. the explosion killed six people and injured more than 1,000

others. there will be a ceremony this afternoon at the 9/11 memorial. officials will unveil a plaque honoring the 1993 victims. we told you yesterday that iran's government was not happy that "argo" won at the oscars or that michelle obama head the name. turns out the iranians didn't like her dress either. one n an iranian news agency, they retouched the photo to add a high neckline and sleeves to her dress. some people will stop at nothing to find a better tasting beer. two american brews u brewereries and -- breweries and a glass maker have come up with a special glass for india, pa le ale. they say it improves and balances the taste. costs $9 a glass. the beer is not included. >> i don't drink, does that make sense that a glass would make a difference in how it tastes? >> i think so. if you go -- a lot of beers are served with different glasses at bars yeah. depending on the type of beer. you know? >> charlie --

>> i don't know. >> nora knows. that makes a difference. curious. it is 8:08. charlie goes "i don't know." >> i don't know. she knows good morning. we have gray skies in the area and rain is approaching. here is first warning doppler weather radar. rain's not going to be here until noon. noon through midnight with steady rain. we have a flood watch in effect for central maryland. that weather system while we're getting rain and temperatures in the mid-40s is going to bring winter weather to western maryland, advisories the military schools, airports and now the national zoo? we'll show what animals have to do with the massive government spending cuts ahead on "cbs this morning."

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yahoo! will stop allowing people to work from home. a memo said to be from yahoo! was leaked to a technology blog. it reads in part "being a yahoo! isn't just about your day-to-day job it's about interactions and experiences that are only possible in our offices." business tycoon richard branson tweeted that he was perplexed by the move. >> others see the revival of a corporate culture that lost its edge. mellody hobson is the cbs news contributor and analyst and joins us. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> in "usa today" they said, listen, a stanford researcher said she inherited a complete mess. there are reports that the policies had gotten too lax, there was a lot of dead wood. today she's getting a lot of heat. is it a ruthless decision or

smart business decision? >> let's look at what she inherited. at its peak yahoo! was the darling of the tech industry. the stock was trading for $475 a share. it's at $20 today. she does have a real turnaround on her hands. if you say smart or ruthless i go smart because she's looking at the situation and saying i need innovation to change this company. and one of the things that drives innovation is collaboration. people working next to each other, shoulder to shoulder, coming up with ideas. >> marissa mayer as ceo -- what do the changes mean in the workplace? >> i think there are misconceptions about flex-time. i found it interesting in my research that the average person whole telecommutes is a 40 -- person that telecommutes is a 40-year-old male. the average person is a

40-year-old male. we think of it as a stay-at-home mom which is true, there are a ton of stay-at-home moms but that's not the only audience. >> i'm so glad you said. that the people who i know who telecommute are males, not women. people are saying, oh, is marissa mayer, supposed to be -- some people want her to be a woman ceo, i don't know why she can't be a regular ceo, say this is going to hurt women. but the studies show it's a lot of men in telecommute s. that true? >> that's exactly right. i think it's hard to make generalizations, women versus men. woman ceo, what are the expectations, what is she supposed to do. i think she's taken a lot of heat here. and i actually don't think it's fair. >> let's look at her neighbors in silicon valley. facebook, what do they do? >> so the policies from when i talk to many of the companies in silicon valley tend to be very flexible. it's very, very common to have telecommuting with many of her peer companies. however -- >> telecommuting or not? >> facebook -- i am told has

telecommuting. >> apple? >> does not. that's what i found out. everyone saying this is going to be terrible for her ability to recruit and retain people. but the -- you know the company that has been the most successful innovator of our generation -- >> apple -- >> you know there's no free food there, the flexible policies are not the same. they've done it very differently. and they still won. >> i think a lot of the outcry today i keep hearing is from working parents. a lot of working parents rely on telecommuting. people are afraid now what is this going to mean for me. >> that's a fair point because a lot of people telecommute. >> yeah. >> estimates are 30 million people telecommute at some point during the of the year. that's a lot of people. so working parents are saying this flexibility allows me to tend to my children, perhaps that will go away. i think that she's trying to save the company. >> right. >> so we -- if they want jobs and want the ability to be able to take care of their kids she's saying we have to make choices now. they may be hard choices -- >> and isn't it her job to save

the job? while everyone's comparing her to everybody else shouldn't she focus on her company? >> whether marisa meyer can save yahoo! does not doped this decision. a lot of -- does not depend on this decision. a lot of problems they face. >> she's trying to put her stamp on it and saying you cannot build culture via e-mail. >> and bank of america also made a move like this in the past year, too, which is to say a lot of employees who telecommute have to come back to the office. >> i think people have found that some of the things that they thought would work certainly reduces their overhead costs. you know that's one of the reasons they like telecommuting. allows them to have a more diverse work force. there are a bunch of pros but a lot of things have been tried and companies are pulling them back. flexible time, outsourcing. we've seen a bunch of things come and get pulled in a bit. you know, casual dress. >> yes. >> these things -- >> are they going back on casual dress? >> ebb and flow. >> we told charlotty to stop

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a live look, sharon's here to wrap up the rush. and here's doppler weather radar harass clear scan in the area right now as you notice that high of 46 degrees, a look at all that moisture coming our way. we're in the low 30s now, no fear of a wintery mix here because temperatures will absolutely be way above freezing through the entire rain event which will go noon to midnight. here's share sharon gibala traffic control. good morning. fortunately no rain on the morning commute. we have some accidents and delays. one of those accidents now on the jfx in the northbound direction at rick son road on the right shoulder. an accident in fallston, at cars mills road and a crash in

the city on monroe street. if you're headed on the beltway speeds in the 30s. speeds in the upper 40s on 95 between the beltway and the tunnel. there's a live look at the west side at i-70. don't miss winter's biggest boat sale, the progressive insurance baltimore boat show february 28 february 28th through march 3 march 3rd at the baltimore convention center. it's the best place to see and buy boats. get tickets and details at baltimoreboatshow.com. a big crowd may have been in annapolis. here's mike schuh with the story. >> reporter: 3,000 people from baltimore gathered in annapolis to demand a legislature better fund baltimore city schools. the rally is in support of an unfunded multibillion dollar reconstruction plan for the 65 most dilapidated system citi city schools. the reality of the problem was

brought to the attention of lawmakers. the governor likes the concept but has not thrown his support behind the plan. the this rally was among the largest in the capital so far this year. i'm mike schuh reporting downtown, don back you. thank you the u.s. private accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wick kylikes is back in the courtroom. it may address his attorney's motion to dismiss his charges against him. it may also look at hiss offer to plead guilty to reduce charges for 20 of the 22 counts against him. trial is underway for a new york city police officer and university of maryland graduate charged in the bizarre cannibalism plot. gilberto valle is accused of planning to abduct, torture and eat dozens of women including his estranged wife. she testified it was she who went to the fbi after finding disturbing material on his computer. he claims it was a fantasy. stay with wjz 13 maryland's

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are you awake? welcome back to "cbs this morning." beautiful shot. coming up in this half-hour, the oscars are not over for the studios. we'll show you how they're cashing in on the glory and how much they spent to get there. plus we continue our "cbs this morning" series with bishop t.d. jakes. his best-selling book is about forgiveness. he'll answer the questions you sent in, and we'll ask about the legacy of pope benedict xvi. it's time to show the headlines from around the globe. "the new york times" says there's a rebellion at weight watchers. employees are frustrated at being paid minimum wage while the company's celebrity

spokespeople earn millions. weight watchers' executives are hinting they will start raising pay. the "wall street journal" reports male nurses on average make more money than their female colleagues. yet only 10% of nurses are men. according to the census the average male nurse makes 16% more than a woman. "usa today" found that baby-boomers are divorcing at surprising rates. the number of divorces among people 50 or over doubled between 1990 and 2010. but it can be a costly decision. the two have to split up the same assets to pay for their retirement while spending money on separate homes. and the "jackson hole daily" in wyoming looks at the impact of spending cuts on national parks if the automatic cuts go through on friday. it will hurt the park's ability to fight fires and maintain the land at the grand teton national park. the visitors center will be closed all season. and very little in washington is safe from the potential cuts including animals. jan crawford is on the national

mall. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. you know, we hear a lot about some of the serious implications these cuts could have -- widespread layoffs cuts in the military, changes in air travel. there are places that could be affected that we don't even think about. the parks, monuments even like you said nora animals at the national zoo. damai is a rare sumatran tiger and one of the most closely watched animals at the smithsonian national zoo where everyone has one question -- is she or isn't me? >> we are hopeful, fingers crossed, that she's pregnant. >> reporter: the only way to tell for sure is through an ultrasound. so what does that have to do with the sequester? it turns out that getting damai ready for her all-important trawl sound takes intense -- ultrasound takes intensive training. that is in jeopardy. >> training research things like this would be the first on my list. >> reporter: research is what the zoo is known for across the world. it was the first to identify a fungus that could make as many as 1/3 of the world's frogs

extinct. it also discovered a virus that was killing baby elephants. >> if the sequester remains perm, we're going to have to reduce our mission. we'll have to reduce our research. we'll have to reduce the number of animals we pout exhibits. >> reporter: zoo director dennis kelly says the zoo would have to look at shutting down major exhibits. >> major exhibits here include our lions and tigers. it includes our reptile house where we do a lot of great research. it would include our great ape exhibit. >> reporter: the cuts would reach beyond the national zoo. they would impact all of the smithsonians in d.c. which are preparing for at least a 5% budget cut. also at risk, u.s. national parks from washington to the blue ridge parkway and yellowstone facing reduced hours and services. how would you characterize the impact that this could have? >> very painful. painful to americans and to job creation in america because our national parks are economic

engines. >> reporter: interior department secretary ken salazar says visitors should expect a reduced experience. >> the quality of experiences that we're able too give to the american people and to visitors from other parts of the world really are part of an american heritage and so much of that is -- is at risk if we're not able to provide the quality that we experience at these great places. >> reporter: salazar said we'll see effects here on the national mall and not in a good way. he it's going to be dirtier because there's not going to be as many workers to help clean it up. even when you're at the national monuments, if you're looking for someone to give you information or help you explain what it means, it's going to be harder to find people to help you because there may not be as many employees. >> thank you jan. it shows all the things we take for granted that could go away. they call it show business for a reason. the oscars are a $20 million production. in the race to the finish line the studios shell out big bucks themselves because gold means green.

with us is marisa guthry senior writer for "the hollywood reporter." good morning. we expect movies like "argo" and anybody else who won to benefit. how much money are we talking about? >> well, they can -- just for nomination, you can get a 20%, 22% bump in box office. so if you're $100 million movie, that's significant. then a win, you can get another windfall because people are looking for that -- the oscar stamp of approval, and they'll part with their hard-earned money to go to the theater to see the best picture winner. >> i know. i've heard people who have not seen "argo" before saying i'm going to see it just because -- >> absolutely. >> i look at all the oscar nomination for best picture and say, oh i haven't seen that. i've got to see that movie. one of the things that interests subcommittee lobbying that goes on to get on this list. >> it's bruising. there's a period where you have to stop campaigning stop gladhanding. but until you can -- in that

time where you can coo doo, it most of the best picture movies nominees spend about $10 million. >> what's interesting, they don't just spend money to promote their own. they're spending money to tear down the others. >> yes. well they're doing that tearing down behind the scenes. >> how do they do that? >> hence the word bruising. >> with their campaigns, and i mean, this year -- we had a lot of politically themed movies. there was a real teempt elattempt to elevate -- >> what was behind the success of the movies? >> "zero dark thirty" as we've seen has been surrounded by controversy. >> was that started, controversy started on its own, or helped along by -- >> by conversation, it started on its own. i think the torture debate is still a hot one obviously. but it didn't -- it provided a great shiv for the other movies.

>> and columns -- >> exactly. >> has it always been this way, or is it getting worse? it seems bruising and vicious to me today. >> i think it's getting a lot worse. there's a lot at stake with these movies. it's so much harder to break out now. yeah, they take it a lot more seriously. >> harvey weinstein's horse in this race was "silver linings playbook." we heard he hired a former obama aide, stephanie cutter, to help. what do we know? >> she has not confirmed it. he has admitted to conferring with his friends including her. she didn't seem to do a whole lot on the face of this. >> yeah. dave hart is an example, how does he do it even though he didn't have a lot to do -- >> a lot of friends in high places. >> what do they do with him? >> they confer quality. when you have you know bradley cooper and david o. russell the director of "silver linings

playbook" meeting with joe biden at the white house to talk about mental illness. harvey gets on the meeting. >> that translates into pub see it -- publicity. >> right. >> where do we develop the hey we know where it's going. nobody was surprised that "argo" won best picture. all the talk was that way. >> it started around "lincoln" and shifted to "argo." >> how do we know where the shift is? >> it's -- that's granular. and i think the shifts are because ben affleck is so likeable. he was snubbed as director didn't get best director nomination. >> people are talking to the people voting and giving a sense wherever their head is? >> yes. exactly. and who is liked. it's a popularity contest at the end of the day. ben is very popular. >> marisa thank you. good to have you here. the movies that earned a spot at the oscars will be watched for generations to come. get this -- library of congress says the vast majority of film

and audio recordings made before 1930 have been lost forever. seth doane shows the race to save america's cultural heritage. ♪ >> reporter: this 1936 louis armstrong recording is an artifact nearly lost to time. it's a nickel-plated lacquer disk widely used to record sound in the first half of the 20th century. >> by going back to metal masters, we can go back to the source material and get the best possible preservation copy. >> reporter: in some ways, this is the blueprint the original? >> it is. the equivalent to an original camera negative for a motion picture. >> reporter: patrick loughney is leading the effort to save these cultural relics for the library of congress. >> what goes on is the archaeology of american popular audio visual history. >> reporter: the cylinders made of bees wax were invented by thomas edison. they're the first known devices to record sound. this one holds a campaign song

for william mckinley. ♪ >> reporter: when you think of the library of congress you think of documents and typewriter-smudged papers. not here. >> no, it's remarkable that the library early on got into the acquisition of sound recordings and radio programs. they were considered a cultural record just as valuable as books, magazines, newspapers photographs, and other things we hold to be valuable for historical research. >> reporter: the library has 90 miles of shelves at its 45-acre conservation campus in culpeper virginia. specialists here are preserving more than a million films and videos. what would happen if this place didn't exist? >> well, much of it would be lost already. and much of it is lost. >> reporter: more than 80% of american films made before 1930 no left winger exist. >> this is all of the library's

nitrate film collection. >> reporter: films are kept at 38 degrees in 200,000 square feet of storage vaults. it's cold. you're trying to stabilize the film. why does film need stabilizing? >> film is an organic product. like fad in your refrigerator, it lasts longer if it's in cold storage. >> reporter: this 1894 film called "annabell butter liefly dance" is one of the oldest films ever restored. each frame was originally colored by hand. ♪ >> reporter: the library has more than four million sound recordings in its collection. and technicians have digitized thousands of tv shows. this is the only appearance of the doors on "the ed sullivan show." ♪ >> this is a hospital. this is a center for trying to resurrect formats in some way that will allow us to recover content and make it publicly available for research.

>> a colombian at work program -- >> reporter: cbs radio news 1945 broadcast of howard k. smith announcing the german surrender has been saved. >> the union of soviet socialist republics officially accepted the unconditional surrender of nazi germany. >> there's a growing action indonesia about american past. and our job is -- amnesia about american past. and our job is to bolster that memory, save it for generations who might value in what we're preserving. >> reporter: they've digitized this 1975 blues documentary and are enhancing the color shot by shot in an edits room. it's all part of the mission to preserve america's cultural past for its digital future. for "cbs this morning," keth doane, culpeper, virginia. >> what a great story. when you think about losing your culture, that's when you've got a problem. >> good to see they can revive it so we can see it.

"time" magazine calls him america's best preacher. we're talking, of course about bishop t.d. jakes. he's here in studio 57 getting ready to answer your questions about his best-selling book. his best-selling book, a "cbs this morning" read. and we'll talk about get your sunglasses out for the next 10 mt.s. that's the brightest it's going to be. the clouds have moved through the area. take a look at first warning doppler weather radar after this forecast of 46 degrees and i'm showing you that 46 for a reason. right now we're at 31. temperatures are going to start popping up. we have a big amount of moisture coming our way, figure noon through midnight there's going to be rain and about an inch of it, but temperatures through that period of time stay

all month long "cbs this morning" reads has been giving you a chance to get involved on line with bishop t.d. jakes and his best-selling book called "let it go: forgive so you can be forgiven." it's published by simon and shuster, a division of cbs. bishop t.d. jakes, welcome back. we'll talk about the book but want to start with the resignation of the pope. most people think the words pope and resign do not belong in the same sentence. when you first heard it we'd love to know your thoughts and reaction. >> i was astounded by it a little bit surprised by it. don't know anything more than the information we've heard. it was quite shocking. >> because? >> i think it was shocking because we haven't seen it for 600 years or so. but then it was indicative of the time we live that people are doing things in new ways and capacity. i take it at face value based on what we know so far. >> we all talk about

ecumenacalism as religions coming together. what is the status? >> i think it -- we come together around common needs and common issues. the distinctions are very very important to the uniquenesses of our faith. i think there are things that bring us all together regardless of our faith or belief systems. common good for humanity, taking care of the poor responding to people in crisis. but the options are parts of our distinctions. and i don't think that will fully change ever. >> your book "let it go: forgive so you can be forgiven." last time you said unforgiveness unchecked becomes a cancer in your soul. what's the danger in not forgiving? it's so hard for so many people. >> i think it leads to all things of things, stress and pressure. you start carrying today's issues while you're holding on to yesterday's issues. you can only hold so much. at a certain point you're

overwhelmed and don't know why. you have to let things go so you're available for the challenges of today. >> a viewer writes, "my parents have been divorced for over 30 years but still refuse to be in the same room. they have supposedly forgiven one another yet won't put aside their feelings for the sake of their grandchildren or children. does forgiveness mean to completely cut someone out of your life?" >> that's not really forgiveness. i think sometimes you have to rise to the bigger pictures and to the welfare of your children and family. there are some dhums go through a divorce and get along better than they did before. that is when you prioritize the whole idea of family and children above the individual circumstances that led to the divorce. >> the second question -- i love this question -- what if you forgive someone but someone refuses to forgive you? >> you know, that's a very good question because a lot of times people think that forgiveness is based on the other person. it really is not. this is totally about you. it does not exonerate the perpetrator. it doesn't restore the relationship. it just says i'm not going to

carry the burden of this unforgiveness inside of me. it has nothing to do with whether you reciprocate or not. this is about liberateing yourself. >> this is hard to do -- >> over and over again -- >> this is you talking. >> no -- >> what would jesus say? >> he says to forgive 70 times 70. and 70 times 70. what he's saying is to perpetuate a methodology to let things go so you're free. it's not the number, but releasing things so you're available for what's in front of you rather than what's behind you. >> do you feel you have to change your message to go with the "sun-times.." >> you change the message -- the times? >> i don't think you change the message as much as you change the method. communication has changed so drastically, even in the last few years. it's not always about speech patterns as much as concise ideologies particularly because of social media. people are receiving and inject and digesting information more

than they did ten years ago. >> one question coming out of the discussion going on at the vatican and about the future of the church. they say there's a lot of competition between the catholic church and ecumenical churches and fundamentalist churches in africa and in other parts of the world like that. is that true? >> well it's absolutely true. third world countries, certainly a resurgence of faith. the roman catholic church is trouble stronger in third world countries than some right now. and yet, there's a convergence of ideologies. we have such a s'mores agmorgasbord. it's different from 50 years ago. television, social media. puts everything in front of you now. >> all right, bishop t.d. jakes. always good to have you here. thank you, sir. and you can go to cbsthismorning.com to read excerpts from "let it go." you're watching "cbs this morning."

one glass of wine a day is good for you. secondly beer can be better depending on the glass. >> of course, it might always be better in a can. >> if it's cold. >> well -- nothing as good as hot chocolate. >> that do does it for us.

5 minutes before 9:00. marty's over at first warning weather. >> here's first warning doppler weather radar. a big slug of moisture getting ready to pivot into the area noon to midnight. from south to north we'll see

rain earlier than later on. forecast today calls for a high of 46, no threat here of a wintery mix. it's just going to be rain. but from allegheny and washington counties out west, there's going to be a wintery mix. garrett county is going to see winter weather period. don take it away. thank you. in the news this morning the teenager who opened fire inside perry hall high school in august is sentence today 35 years in prison. robert gladden pleaded guilty to attempted first degree murder charges in the shooting of danier borowy. in a videotaped confession he admitted he had been planning the attack for months. they identified the two people found shot to death and left in a burning call. the bodies of alysia strickland and 35-year-old taewon tuck were found on friday morning. police say the two had been shot in the head and that strickland was a graduate student at morgan state

university. in annapolis a big push to rebuild baltimore city schools. mike schuh stays on the story. >> reporter: good morning don. good morning everyone. up to 3,000 people from baltimore gathered in annapolis last night to demand the legislature better fund baltimore city schools. the rally is in support of a yet unfunded multibillion dollar reconstruction plan for the 65 most dilapidated city schools led by the mayor. the reality of the problem was brought to the attention of lawmakers. though the governor likes the concept he's not thrown his support behind the plan though his lieutenant governor spoke at the rally. this rally was among the largest in the capital so far this year. i'm mike schuh reporting downtown. the army private accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents to wikileakss is expected back in a courtroom today. bradley manning is to appear at fort meade for a four day hearing on his attorney's

motion to dismiss the charges. his offer to plead guilty on reduced charges will be considered. big changes are coming for smokers at camden yards and m and t bank yard stadium. they have banned smoking entirely at the two facilities. the ban prohibits smoking within 25 feet of an entry. they're said to be working out a plan that would allow smokers to leave the stadiums to smoke and reenter. . stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station, complete news and first warning weather today at noon as always. updates available at any time from anywhere at [ anouncer ] ihop is in time square to compare new griddle-melts to your usual breakfast sandwich. a lot more flavor. [ anouncer ] ihop's new griddle melts... made fresh and hot! hand crafted just for you. it's like a sexy sandwich. [ anouncer ] compare new griddle melts yourself. just $4.99. it's an epic breakfast sandwich.